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To the Editor: Watch your language The is Pascal Blase Bulcher speaking on the subject of swearing. All of you that are reading this know full well what swearing is and how huge of a number of people swear on a day-to-day basis. But here are a couple of things you probably don’t know... Did you know that the United States has the largest percentage of population that swears on a day-to-day basis? Did you furthermore know that people in the United States actually swear

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 30, 2001 As members of the Class of 2001 eagerly await their graduation at Wadena-Deer Creek, Superintendent Earl Mathison also chose to “graduate”. He is retiring on June 30 after spending the past 35 years as a teacher, principal and superintendent. Mathison became the principal of the Eagle Bend School in 1971 and remained in that position until 1977. Then he moved up the road about seven miles to become superintendent

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 23, 2001 The May 14 meeting started off with Dale Schaefer’s maintenance report. Schaefer said that a manhole has shifted four inches right off its base at the north end of Third Avenue SE. It needs to be dug up and reset. ********** On Wednesday, May 9, the honor awards ceremony was held. Stacy Denny, daughter of Gene and Mary Denny of Hewitt, was the recipient of the Baush and Lomb Honorary Science Award which goes to

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 16, 2001 The Eagle Valley and Bertha-Hewitt Schools are using a new game to help teach their students. The Stock Market Game is an interactive educational tool that can be used in grades 4-12 to teach a variety of subjects including math, social studies, language arts and business. Jan Hierl at Eagle Valley and Mike Bauck at Bertha-Hewitt are the teachers who are working with a carefully designed curriculum. In this port

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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 9, 2001 Several area hunters/dog handlers recently placed in the National Hunting Dog Trials in Stratton, Colorado. The competition took place April 6-8. Steve Aeling from Hewitt and Goldie, a yellow Labrador owned by the American Heritage Hunt Club, placed first in the national competition. Steve also placed seventh with Zelda, a German Short Hair pointer. Maggie, a Labrador Retriever owned by the Aelings, took 10th in t

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 2, 2001 Judy Siegle knows the true meaning of limitation. She has experienced challenges and victory. On August 11, 1979, Judy suffered a broken neck which was the result of a car accident involving a drunk driver. She was told she was a quadriplegic, but she found a way to walk across the stage at Concordia College in Moorhead to receive her bachelor’s degree. Through MeritCare in Fargo she worked as a social worker, and

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com The Bertha City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, April 7, to review a proposed multi-million-dollar overhaul of the city’s water and wastewater systems. Project Engineer with Bollig Engineering Will O’Halloran and Funding Specialist with DEED/Small Cities Development Program Zach Bubany explained the city’s most pressing infrastructure needs, potential solutions, and state and federal funding options. Wastewater system stra

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago April 25, 2001 Vaughn Hackbarth hasn’t lived in Hewitt very long, only about three years, going on four. He has devoted much of those years to volunteer activities to help enhance the lives of the citizens of the city of Hewitt. Vaughn has been a trustee at his church, Trinity Lutheran of Hewitt, and now serves as an elder there. He is also president of the Hewitt Historical Society. He doesn’t like to talk much about the thi